＊FAB5 is officially sponsored by the City of Kitakyushu.

July 19-21, Kitakyshu City

¥14,000 (JALT/ETJ/JII/KoTESOL members)

¥15,000 (non-members)

Check <fab-efl.com> for more info!

Friday, July 18th PRE-CONFERENCEKitakyushu AIM Building

13:00 – 18:00 Advanced neuroELT pre-workshop for presenters & certificate enrollees.

18:00 – 20:00 Dinner at the Flamingo Café (at the venue site).

Program Guide

Saturday, July 19th FAB5 INTERNATIONAL neuroELT CONFERENCEKitakyushu AIM Building

MORNING

10:00 Opening Ceremony

10:20“How Poor Memory Is Unlocking the Secrets of Language Processing”Curtis Kelly

11:50 “The Teaching Brain! Part 1” Vanessa Rodriguez

AFTERNOON

12:20 Lunch & Discussion

13:20 “The Teaching Brain! Part 2” Vanessa Rodriguez

13:55“No More Listening Phobic! - Listening - Brain-Friendly and Holistic”Maria Gabriela Schmidt

14:20“Language, Communication and Virtual Collaboration” (pecha kucha)Graham Jones

14:35“Cognitive Theory and Motivation in EFL” (pecha kucha)Gary Henscheid

14:50 Energy Break (with Michael Rector on meditation)

15:15“From Neurons to Culture: Connecting Brain, Cognition, Mind, Meaning, and Culture” Joseph Shaules

16:25 Reflection Session

17:00 Closing

EVENING

18:00 Evening banquet at the Riga Royal Hotel. Only 4000¥ per person!

Sunday, July 20thFAB5 INTERNATIONAL neuroELT CONFERENCE

Kitakyushu International Conference Center

MORNING

10:00 Opening

10:10“The Affective Affordances of Video Games in EFL” (pecha kucha)Tom Gorham

10:25“Shape Analysis: A Viso-Spatial-Kinesthetic Approach to Creative Critical Thinking”Peter Edwards

10:45

Book and Poster Sessions “Lesson Planning with the Brain in Mind!” Miriam Corneli “Helping Reconstruct the Mindset for Learning” Nagisa Kikuchi “Using DRAGON to Support Hearing-Impaired Students”

Regan Thomson

“Booktalk: Takeaways from Brain-Science Books” Multiple Presenters

11:45 “The Teaching Brain! Part 3” Vanessa Rodriguez

AFTERNOON

12:05 Lunch & Discussion

13:10 “Building Resilience and Empathy with Meditation” Michael Rector “The WoW-EPIC: MMORPGs, L2 Teaching & Learning with Gnomish Mind Control

Caps” Martin Stack

14:10

“Mind, Brain, Education (MBE) Science in ESL/EFL and TESOL Training”Pearl Gaborno-Ilustre

“Spaced Repetition, Mnemonics, and Beyond: Connecting Neuroscience and Vocabulary Building Methods” Lee Knowlton

14:30 Break

14:40

“Reading the Minds of Japanese EFL Readers” Amanda Gillis-Furutaka “Neuro-educational Games and Peer Instruction in EFL” Jeff Mehring *PLUS*

“Learner Self-Reliance with Peer Derived Assessment”Paul A. R. Rowan

15:30Energy Break (with yogic breathing with Marc Helgesen, and stairwalking with Curtis Kelly)

15:50 “Neuro-educational Knowledge for English Language Learners: Multiple

Intelligences and Brain Plasticity” Daekweon Bae “Lesson Planning with the Brain in Mind!” Miriam Corneli

16:50 “The Positive Social Neuroscience of Singing!” Tim Murphey

17:30 Reflection Session

18:00 Closing

*Presentation times subject to change.

Monday, July 21stFAB5 INTERNATIONAL neuroELT CONFERENCE

Kitakyushu International Conference Center

MORNING

10:00 Opening

10:10“7 Keys to Making Your Textbook More Brain-Friendly - A DIY Workshop”Marc Helgesen

11:45 “Neuro-ELT and Language Learning Strategies” Junko Omotedani

12:10 “The Teaching Brain! Part 4” Vanessa Rodriguez

AFTERNOON

12:30 Lunch & Discussion

13:30 “Foreign Language Learning and the Intercultural Mind” Joseph Shaules

14:20 Energy Break

14:35 “New Ideas from neuroELT!” Robert S. Murphy

16:00 Reflection Session

16:30 Closing Ceremony

FAB5 Presenters

Joseph Shaules

Japan Intercultural Institute

Marc Helgesen

Miyagi Gakuin University

Robert MurphyUniversity of Kitakyushu

Tim MurpheyKanda University

Curtis Kelly

Kansai University

Pearl Gaborno-Ilustre

ITECC / TESOL

Junko Omotedani

Kwansei Gakuin University

Jeff Mehring

Ohkagakuen University

Miriam Corneli

Tribhuvan University

Graham Jones

Shiga Prefectural University

Gary Henscheid

Nihon University

Tom Gorham

Komazawa University

Harumi Kimura

Miyagi Gakuin University

Paul Rowan

Nihon University

Maria Gabriela Schmidt

Tsukuba University

Martin Stack

Shiga Prefectural University

Daekweon Bae

GN Tech, Korea

Peter Edwards

Kansai Gaidai University

Regan Thomson

Kwansei Gakuin University

Vanessa Rodriguez

Harvard University

Amanda Gillis-Furutaka

Kyoto Sangyo University

Lee Knowlton

Kanazawa Tech

Michael Rector

Nagoya University

Ataya Aoki

Miyagi Gakuin University

Nagisa Kikuchi

Kyoto Sangyo University

Venue Information

Friday +

Saturday

① Kitakyushu AIM

Building

〒802-0001 福岡県北九州市小倉北区浅野3丁目8－1

093-551-8828

Saturday

Night

② The Rihga Royal Hotel

in Kokura

〒802-0001福岡県北九州市小倉北区浅野2-14-2

093-531-1121

Sunday

+

Monday

③ Kitakyushu

International Conference Center

〒802-0001 福岡県北九州市小倉北区浅野3丁目9−30

093-541-5931

1

12

2

3

3

Area Map

FAB5 Conference Planning Committee Members

Tom Gorham

Marc Helgesen

Graham Jones

Curtis Kelly

Tim Murphey

Ai Murphy

Robert Murphy

Zack Robertson

Joseph Shaules

We wish to extend our thanks to all the presenters, volunteers,and conference participants who donated their time andexpertise to help make FAB such a success. We look forward toworking and learning with you all again in the near future!

The FAB5 Conference Planning Committee